Recommended games for PS2 Latecomer?

Acidburns · Post by **Acidburns** » 2006-07-30 09:46pm

I'm thinking about grabbing a PS2, in order to get a fix for some of the games I've missed out on my PC/Xbox. I'm not really interested in FPS (my PC does em better), sport games, driving games (meh) or RTS (on a console? Hah). I'd especially be interested in RPGs / Mecha games due to their sparse presence on the PC/Xbox platform. I'd be looking to get maybe 4-8 games total. Note: I live in UK, so games that are available here would be usefull, unless I'm missing out on some worthwhile USA only stuff. In such a case I'd consider importing.

I'm already considering:

Ico / Shadow of the Colossus
God of War
FFXII (when out, unless it turns out to be gaff)

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2006-07-30 09:53pm

Metal Gear Solid 2
Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistance
Guitar Hero
Rez
Phantom Brave

Ravencrow · Post by **Ravencrow** » 2006-07-30 09:59pm

Disgaea (Turn-based Strategy/RPG)
Makai Kingdom (Turn-based strategy / RPG)
Shadow Hearts Covenant (RPG)
Dragon Quest VIII (RPG)

Acidburns · Post by **Acidburns** » 2006-07-30 10:10pm

MGS 3, how could I forget that? I have MGS 2 Substance on my xbox, I assume Subsistance is the same idea?

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2006-07-30 10:12pm

Ravencrow wrote:Disgaea (Turn-based Strategy/RPG)

I would have recommended it, but it's impossible to find under $60.

SirNitram · Post by **SirNitram** » 2006-07-30 10:15pm

If you like RPGs, pick up Shadow Hearts: Covenant and From The New World.

Post by **LadyTevar** » 2006-07-30 10:41pm

Final Fantasy VII thru X-2

DragonQuest 8

If you like D&D hack&slash; Baldur's Gate:Dark Alliance 1&2, DemonStone (short, but nice, endboss is a BASTARD)

The Dark · Post by **The Dark** » 2006-07-30 11:25pm

Suikoden IV and V (I think those are the only PS2 ones)

VF5SS · Post by **VF5SS** » 2006-07-30 11:37pm

R-Type Final. Just trust me on this one. Certainly stole my life for at least 200 hours.

Darksider · Post by **Darksider** » 2006-07-30 11:44pm

First Person Shooters: Timesplitters and Timesplitters 2.

Some people think Killzone is good, I thought it was mediocre, worth a rental and one play-through

Flight Combat Games: The Ace Combat series. These are all good. Buy them, play them, love them

RPGs: Star Ocean: Till the end of time is pretty good, and almost anything Final Fantasy is good, except X-2. Stay away from X-2.
It sucks, hard.

Post by **LadyTevar** » 2006-07-31 12:02am

BAH! Don't listen to DarkSider! FFx-2 was a fun game!

Wild Karrde · Post by **Wild Karrde** » 2006-07-31 12:04am

Kingdom Hearts I & II
Resident Evil 4 (Unless you have a GCN)
Ace Combat 4 & 5 (Have'nt gotten around to AC 0, it's supposed to be good though)
Auto Modellista
Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex I liked it.

Final Fantasy X
Jak II (Have'nt Played the first one yet.)

Arthur_Tuxedo · Post by **Arthur_Tuxedo** » 2006-07-31 12:09am

10 PRINT "Guitar Hero"
20 GOTO 10

Ravencrow · Post by **Ravencrow** » 2006-07-31 12:38am

LadyTevar wrote:
If you like D&D hack&slash; Baldur's Gate:Dark Alliance 1&2, DemonStone (short, but nice, endboss is a BASTARD)

Not forgetting Champions of Norrath.

Darksider · Post by **Darksider** » 2006-07-31 12:55am

LadyTevar wrote:BAH! Don't listen to DarkSider! FFx-2 was a fun game!

I suppose I should restate my opinion of the game.

I didn't like it. You might, but I sure as hell didn't.

It depends on wether you like your games to be more serious, or more light-hearted and silly. If it's the latter, X-2 is right up your alley.

Jadetear · Post by **Jadetear** » 2006-07-31 08:29am

Front Mission 4 (turnbased Strategy Mech game)
Resident Evil 4
Disgaea

Lord Pounder · Post by **Lord Pounder** » 2006-07-31 08:43am

Devil May Cry 1 or 3, avoid 2 it sucked.

Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge Of The Sith

Any Grand Theft Auto. Though Vice City kicked ass above all IMHO.

Ravencrow · Post by **Ravencrow** » 2006-07-31 09:19am

I don't know if you can get Onimusha in Europe. But that is an excellent hack and slash series too.

Datana · Post by **Datana** » 2006-07-31 09:29am

Final Fantasy X (RPG -- already out)
Kingdom Hearts II (action-adventure with RPG elements -- possibly worth importing; no current plans for a European release, AFAIK)
Star Ocean 3 (RPG with action elements -- already out)
Suikoden V (RPG with occasional strategy sequences -- comes out in September)
Zone of the Enders 2 (mech action -- very, very fast mech action. Do not get the first, though, which was slow and a fairly weak game. Also, you should be able to get the special edition of this game (which was only made available in Europe and Japan), which added two more missions, extended two, and added a few more cutscenes.)

Note that importing for the PS2 is a complete pain, requiring either a slide card/boot disc combo or soldering in a modchip to play out-of-region games.

VF5SS · Post by **VF5SS** » 2006-07-31 10:45am

Datana wrote: Note that importing for the PS2 is a complete pain, requiring either a slide card/boot disc combo or soldering in a modchip to play out-of-region games.

I use a swap disc/ flip top mod. It's cheap and easy to install and it won't break your system like a mod chip or a slide card!

Jade Falcon · Post by **Jade Falcon** » 2006-07-31 11:27am

If you want an unusual turn based strategy, and you can look beyond the rather outdated graphics, try and track down Ring of Red.

2000AD · Post by **2000AD** » 2006-07-31 11:38am

Gun. Grand Theft Auto in the Wild West and on a smaller scale. Short, but good fun and it should be quite cheap now.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2006-07-31 12:09pm

If you're into fighting games, Guilty Gear XX is a must-have.

Also, I think Ico is somewhat rare by now (or at the least expensive), but if you manage to find it then cheers.

Shadowtraveler · Post by **Shadowtraveler** » 2006-07-31 12:12pm

Lord Pounder wrote:Any Grand Theft Auto. Though Vice City kicked ass above all IMHO.

Seconded.

I'd suggest The Mark of Kri. Not the best game ever made, but it was fun and had an interesting way of fighting people. Should be dirt cheap by now, too.

Also get Beyond Good and Evil if you don't own it already (and why don't you?

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Lost Soal · Post by **Lost Soal** » 2006-07-31 06:46pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote: Also, I think Ico is somewhat rare by now (or at the least expensive), but if you manage to find it then cheers.

Was re-released for £20 when Colossus came out.